Women's Conference with Tonya

My dear friend Tonya McDonnell emailed me a few months ago and asked if I'd go to Women's Conference at BYU. I jumped at the chance. I've been wanting to go for years. I enjoyed the speakers, but I LOVED the service projects!!


We didn't know anything about them until the end of the first day. There were 350 infant memory boxes that women had put together that morning. They were made to give to mom's who wouldn't be taking their babies home from the hospital. They said "Always in Our Hearts" and were large enough to put the babies hat, anklets, and footprints in. They also made little tiny bracelets to give the mom's.



We started making puzzles for police officers to use for distressed kids in accidents and such. LOTS of cutting!




Then the tutus for the children's hospitals and shelters. LOTS of fun! They were so cute! We ended up doing those until 10 o'clock at night. We met some wonderful women while we tied the tutus.


The next day we colored the city maps for kids in shelters while we listened to conference talks and finished with wheel chair bags (no pictures of those). It was fun serving and working together. I was so impressed by the amount of prep work that went into putting the service projects together. Women and their families worked for months just to cut, paint, gather, stitch, etc. all the supplies needed for each project. AMAZING GIRLS!!

Tonya has been one of my many "mothering" mentors. I've learned so much from her and realized how much she influenced me AGAIN this weekend. I love BYU, I love serving others, and I love to make things. It was a win, win situation for me.

I finished the weekend visiting Amy Hamblin, my Novell buddy. She is so much fun to chat with and wished I'd planned more time with her. She's great!!

I just wish I hadn't got the speeding ticket at the airport literally feet before the rental car drop off. GRRRRRR!!! Anyone want to show up as me at traffic court in SLC?